Archive of South Asia Citizens Wire

  • Open letter by Korean organisations regarding safety of opponents to construction of POSCO steel plant in India

    23 March 2012

    We -human rights, labor, and civic organizations in Korea- are writing to you with our deep concern regarding the current attacks continuously made to villagers who are opposing the construction of POSCO steel plant.

  • Indian women’s rights activists urge the Indian government to Support the UN Resolution on Sri Lanka

    22 March 2012

    Indian women’s rights activists strongly urge the Indian government to Support the UN Resolution seeking Enquiry into war crimes in Sri Lanka

  • India: Against repression of a mass movement in Tamil Nadu - statement in solidarity with fellow citizens

    22 March 2012

    We strongly condemn the repression launched against the people of Koodankulam and southern Tamil Nadu and demand that those arrested be immediately released. If a willingness to exercise one’s democratic right of protest in peaceful and non-violent ways, or to criticize the pursuit of nuclear energy, or even to oppose government plans in this regard is to be deemed seditious and warrants being arrested, then we the undersigned also declare ourselves to be as guilty as our fellow citizens in Tamil Nadu. We stand in solidarity with them. The government may please take note.

  • India: No to Government Crackdown at Koodankulam - CNDP Statement

    by CNDP, 20 March 2012

    The Coalition for Nuclear Disarmament and Peace (CNDP), India strongly condemns the arrests and repression in and around Koodankulam of the activists involved in the entirely peaceful and non-violent mass agitation against the installation of two Russian built nuclear reactors. That the Tamil Nadu government has decided to collude with the Central government is deeply disappointing and will destroy the hopes that were held by the people of southern Tamil Nadu that the state government would respect their democratic rights and their concerns.

  • India: Tamil Nadu caves in to nuclear lobby - Alert sounded as repression begins on anti nuclear movement

    19 March 2012

    As the TN Govt has shown green signal today for the commissioning of the Kudankulam nuclear plant, thousands of policemen have been deployed at Kudankulm and they have arrested about 150 activists, it has become clear that the government is using highhanded methods to suppress the struggle. Struggle leaders including Adv. Sivasubrahmaniam, have been arrested today. Dr SP Udayakumar and Pushparayan have started an indefinite hunger strike in protest against repression and demanding withdrawal of Police force and immediate release of the arrested. People are gathering at Kudankulam in thousands in spite of police blockade of all highways and helicopter patrolling in the sky

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